William corey



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. W. GORRY.

SAFE, VAULT, 650.

Patented May 1'7, 188?.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

W. OOR RY.

SAFE, VAULT, &o.

No. 363,118 Patented May 17, 1887.

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\VILIiIAM COREY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO I-IALLS SAFE AND LOCK00., OF SAME PLAGF.

SAFE, VAULT, 86C.

EEPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,118, dated May 17,1887.

Application filed January 25, 1887. Serial No. 225,451. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: and B the door of the same hung on thehinges Be it known that I, XVILLIAM OORRY, of q, 1, and t of the kindabove mentioned. Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State Grepresents a plate securely fastened to the of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful outside of the door, upon which is secured theImprovements in Safes, Vaults, &c., of which gearing that'operates aseries of bolts, M and the following is a specification. R, and also thebearings for the inner ends of Myinvention relates to means for closingthe said bolts. These bolts M are arranged in doors of safes, vaults,pneumatic cabinets, and pairs as shown, their outer ends being supthelike; and the invention consists in aseries ported in brackets a, inwhich they can slide o of bolts arranged to operate on inclines, with toand fro, and where they are provided with 6) gearing for operating thesame, whereby the a feather, b, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, to doorcan be forced to its seat, as hereinafter prevent them from turning. Attheir inner more fully set forth. portions these bolts are supported inbrackets Figure 1 is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a D, secured to theplate O, as shown in Figs. 1,

[ front and edge view of a portion detached; 2, 3, 4c, 6, and 7, theirinner ends protruding Fig. 3, a transverse horizontal section on thethrough the brackets D, so as to enter asleeve, line m wof Fig. 1,showing the door closed; and F, which isjournaled at its ends in saidbrack- Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the door reets, as shown insection in Fig. 6. This sleeve leased and ready to be swung open. Figs.5, F has a right-hand screwthread cut on its in- 20 6, 7, and 8 areviews, partly in section, of certerior atone end, and a lefthand threadin tain details. like manner at its opposite end, the bolts M Thisinvention is designed to be applied to and B. having correspondingscrewthreads cut that class of safe and vault doors which are on theiradjoining ends, so that by turning the arranged to move straight intoand out of their sleeve F in one direction the bolts M and R 25 seat inthe jalnbs of the safe or vault, and after will be simultaneouslyscrewed into the sleeve, being thus moved out of their seat be turnedthereby drawing the bolts toward each other on theirhinges, which arespecially constructed endwise, and by turning the sleeve in the optopermit of suchmovements, and which being site direction the bolts willbe simultaneously well understood need not be herein described, shovedapart or thrust outward enldwise.

30 the object of this invention being to provide For the purpose ofgiving motion to the means by which the door can be forced to its sleeveF it has a central hub or projection, G, seat with great power, so as toclose it tight, as shown in Figs. 1,3, and 4, on the periphery it oftenbeing dilficult, especially after the of which is cut as'eries of teethto form awormhinges have become worn by use, so as to perwheel whichengages with a worm or screw 5 mit'the heavy doors of safes and vaultsto sag shaft, I-I, located directly under it, as shown 8 5 a little, toforce them fully to their seats when more clearly in Fig. 6, the innerend of which closed, without which the bolt-work will not is supportedinthe plate 0, while its outer end readily enter its holesin the jainbs.There are is supported by a bracket or plate, E, secured alsomanufactured at the present day what are to the brackets D, as shown inFigs. 1, 8, and

0 known as pneumatic cabinets, which, like 4, the bracket E being showndetached in Fig. safes, are made of metal, and which require to 2, theend H of said worm H projecting out have their doors close air-tight, toenable pafrom or beyond the bracket E far enough to tients to be treatedtherein by various pneureceive a crank, m, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4matic methods or processes; and this invenand by dotted lines in Fig. 1,by which the 4 5 tion is designed for use in that connection also, wormcan be turned when desired. The worm 5 the doors or jambs of thesepneumatic cabinets H is provided at its inner end with a pinion beingusuallyprovided witha rubber packing or spur wheel, I, as shown in Figs.6, 7, and 8, to more readily render their joints air-tight. and which,as shown in Fi 1, engages with Referring to the drawings, A. indicatesthe the first of a series of spur-wheels, J, mounted 50 front wall orface of a safe, vault, or cabinet; on studs K,sccured to plate 0, thelast of the series of these wheels J engaging with the pinion I of asecond worm, H, which operates another sleeve, F, located at thejunction of the lower set of bolts, M and It, as shown in Fig. 1, thelower set of bolts, sleeve, wormwheel, and worm being a duplicate ofthose above. It will thus be seen that by turning the crank m motionwill be transmitted from the worm H to both sleeves F and Fsimultaneously through the medium of the pinions I and I and theintermediate gear-wheels J, so that both sets of bolts will besimultaneously thrust outward or drawn inward, accord ing as the crankis turned in one or the other direction.

In order to crowd or force the door to its seat, the ends of the bolts Mare bent so as to form an inclined portion, 0, as shown in Figs. 4 and7, and which,as the bolts are forced out ward, entercorrespondingly-inelined sockets or cavities in brackets P,secnrelyfastened to the jamb or wall of the safe A on that side, these inclinedends 0 of the bolts M being preferably provided with anti-frictionrollers O, as shown more clearly in Fig. 7, so set as to bear againstthe inclined inner faces of the sockets in the brackets I? to reduce thefriction of the parts. On the opposite jamb or wall I secure brackets T,which have two projecting arms, y, in each of which is an inclined slot,2, shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the outer end ofthe bolts B on that side ofthe door working between these slotted arms y, as shown in Fig. 1, andcarryinga pin, 12, upon each end of which is aroller, a, as shown inFigs; 6 and 7 ,which pin and rollers work in the slotsz of the arms 1 ofthe brackets T, the inclination of the slots 2 being the same as that ofthe sockets in the brackets P at the opposite side.

It will readily be seen that when the doorB is swung on its hinges tothe position shown in Fig. 4, parallel with the face of the safe orvault, then, by turning the crank so as to move the bolts outward, theywill operate on the inclines at both sides simultaneously and uniformly,and thereby force the door into its seat, or to the position shown inFig. 3, and so as to crowd it shut tight.

By reversing the motion of the crank, and thereby withdrawing the bolts,they will operate on the inclines in a reverse manner, and thereby forcethe door out of its seat to the position shown in Fig. 4, this being ofspecial use in the case of the heavier doors of vaults and safes whenthe wear on the hinges permits the door to settle or sag so as to bearwith considerable weight on the bottom or on the side.

It is obvious that, if desired, more than two pairs of bolts, M and B,maybe thus arranged on a door, it only being necessary to duplicate the.gearing and worms for operating the additional bolts. It is also obviousthat where two or more pairs of bolts are used and connected byintermediate gear the crank may be applied to either of the worms, or toany of the intermediate wheels, and impart motion to all simultaneously.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In combinationwith asafe, vault, or similar boX or inclosure, a door, B, havingapplied thereto a series of bolts with inclines at their outer endsarranged to act in connection with corresponding inclines on the safe,vault, or box, substantially as shown and described, whereby said boltscan be made to force the door to its seat when closed and also force thedoor from its seat by reversing the movement of the bolts.

2. In combination with a pair of bolts ap plied to the door ofa safe,vault, or box, and provided with inclines at their ends arranged tooperate in connection with corresponding inclines on the safe, vault, orbox, substantially as described, the screw-sleeve F, provided at itsopposite ends with screw-threads of opposite pitch arranged to engagewith' corresponding threads on the bolts, and mechanism, substantiallysuch as described, for rotating said sleeve, and thereby imparting anendwise movement to said bolts, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

3. In combination with the door ofa safe, vault, or similar receptacle,a pair of sliding bolts, R M, having their inner ends connected by asleeve and having a right and left hand thread and a worm-wheel, G, anda screw or worm, H, engaging with the worm-wheel and adapted to receivea crank or lever for the purpose of imparting to said bolts the forcenecessary to crowd the door to or from its seat, as set forth.

4. The combination, with a safe or vault door, of two or more pairs ofbolts, B M, each pair of bolts being connected at their inner ends by asleeve, F, provided internally with a right and a left hand screw-threadand. ex-

ternally with a worm-wheel, G, a worm or screw, H, provided with apinion, I, and a series of intermediate wheels, J, connecting the wormsof the separate pairs of bolts, with means for imparting motion to thesame, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In combination with the bolts ofa door, B, arranged to operate asdescribed, the index or pointer i, pivoted to the door and connected atone end to one of the bolts, whereby its opposite end is caused by themovement of the bolt to indicate the distance the bolts have moved,substantially as shown and described.

W'ILLIAM OORRY.

Witnesses:

It. T. CULLnN, A. ACTON HALL.

